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THE NEWS OF HUNGARIAN PHILATELY _____________________________________________________________ Volume: 38 / Number: 1 January – March 2007 _____________________________________________________________ CONTENTS: Page 1 The President’s Corner by H. Alan Hoover 1 Kudos and Welcome 1 In Memoriam - William Domonkos and Christine Blinn 2 Society for Hungarian Philately Treasurer’s Report for 2006 by Wes Learned 2 Chicagopex 2007, 16-18 November 2007 by Csaba L. Kohalmi 2 2006 New Issues 3 The Registered Letters of Hungary’s 1918 Airmail by Endre Krajcsovics 6 Complete List of the 47 Second Inflation Air Mail Covers Recorded in Chronological Order by Robert B. Morgan 8 140th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Independent Hungarian Mail Service by Stephan I. Frater, M.D. 12 Report from Our Man in Budapest by Tom Phillips 12 Memories of Hungary, 1956 by Csaba L. Kohalmi 22 The 1919 Bácsszenttamás Overprint by Mihály Bodor 24 Lajtabánság Western Hungary by Csaba L. Kohalmi 24 What I Saw on eBay by Csaba L. Kohalmi 25 Ferenc Puskás (1927-2006) by Csaba L. Kohalmi 26 The Local Issue of Pártosfalva by Mike Rigsby and Csaba L. Kohalmi 29 The Editor’s Notes by Csaba L. Kohalmi 31 Continuation of the SHP Exhibit from Washington 2006 prepared by Csaba L. Kohalmi Ferenc Puskás (1927-2006) SOCIETY FOR HUNGARIAN PHILATELY 1920 Fawn Lane, Hellertown, PA 18055-2117 USA Published Quarterly / Copyright 2007 SOCIETY FOR HUNGARIAN PHILATELY 1920 Fawn Lane Hellertown, PA 18055-2117 USA Established 1969 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ APS Affiliate 34 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ President: H. Alan Hoover, e-mail: [email protected] Vice-President: Robert B. Morgan, [email protected] Treasurer: Wes Learned, [email protected] P.O. Box 802, Powell, WY 82435-0802 USA Secretary: Jim Gaul, [email protected] 1920 Fawn Lane, Hellertown, PA 18055-2117 USA Directors-at-large: Stephan I. Frater, M.D., [email protected] Ted Johnson, [email protected] Sales Circuit Manager: H. Alan Hoover, [email protected] 6070 Poplar Spring Drive, Norcross, GA 30092 Newsletter Editor: Csaba L. Kohalmi, [email protected] 910 Claridge Ct., Indianapolis, IN 46260-2991 USA Newsletter Publisher: Chris Brainard, [email protected] Auction Chairperson: Emmerich Vamos, [email protected] 8722 Belladona Road, Riverside, CA 92508 USA SHP Web-site: http://www.hungarianphilately.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Society for Hungarian Philately (SHP) is a non-profit organization chartered under the laws of the State of Connecticut and is devoted to the study of every aspect of Hungarian philately. SHP publishes a quarterly newsletter in March, June, September, and December. Manuscripts for pub- lication may be sent to the Society’s address listed above. The articles published herein represent the opinions of the individual authors and the content is not to be construed as official policy of this Society or any of its officers. All publication rights reserved for SHP. Articles from this journal may be reprinted with the written permission of the Editor and the authors only. Back is- sues of the newsletter may be purchased for $3.00, postpaid, (when available). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Annual membership dues are $18 ($19 if paid by Paypal) for members whose addresses are in the United States. For members residing in all other countries, the dues are $25 ($26 if paid by Paypal). Dues are payable in January in advance for the calendar year. Payment of dues entitles members to receive the newsletter, to participate in the sales cir- cuit and the quarterly auctions, and to exercise voting rights. Send dues payments to: The Treasurer, P.O. Box 802, Powell, WY 82435-0802 USA. Paypal payment may be made to [email protected]. This issue closed on 1 February 2007 The next issue will close 1 May 2007 The News of Hungarian Philately THE PRESIDENT’S CORNER by H. Alan Hoover Computers! Uggh! Although I use them daily in my work, in my hobbies, in virtually every- thing I do (and yes, I even use them for the dreaded Taxman) as many of us have, for the past 4 to 6 weeks I have had serious issues with email, some days sending and receiving OK, and other days not able to do a thing. I didn’t even get any Spam! Now that was strange – missing Spam! Anyway, the powers to be told me they now have my email service all straightened out and I am sending and re- ceiving messages. I apologize if you have emailed me any info or request and I did not receive it. Kindly resend it and I will gladly follow-up on it. Member Henry Hahn brought to my attention a September 26 -30 HUNFILA 2007 show in Budapest on Castle Hill next to the Mathias Coronation Church. It isn’t an official FEPA or FIP show but some sponsorship from FEPA is occurring. Unfortunately this timing conflicts with some other arrangements I have made; and, there was a little publicity about exhibiting at this show, so I made the decision that the society would not participate at that show. Plans though for our annual show participation and annual meeting this year are moving right along. Recall we have changed our original plans and will attend the CHICAGOPEX 2007 which is November 16-18, 2007 in Arlington Heights, IL. It is also being slated as a Pan Slavic Festival and many of our sister societies are participating. Our Editor Csaba Kohalmi has agreed to be a show contact and chairman; so please contact him for information. The exhibit applications are out already, the show expects the exhibit frames to be oversubscribed, so please apply early. I look forward to reading the rest of this issue just like you do. I especially like the “What I Saw on eBay” articles as they shed new light on how the “buyer should beware.” I’m sure that there’s follow-on in this issue. Guess that’s it for this issue. My best to everyone – spring will be here hopefully by the time we all read this! As always Ray; we will “Keep Stampin”. KUDOS AND WELCOME Congratulations to our member Robert Jensen for his achievement in exhibiting. Bob re- ceived a gold medal and a special award at Mid-Cities Stamp Expo in Dallas for his exhibit, Hungar- ian Aerogrammes. Welcome to our newest member, Mr. Thomas J. MacDonough of Dover, MA. IN MEMORIAM William Domonkos It is with deep regret that we note the passing of our life member Bill Domonkos last July. Bill was member number 105 and was one of the founders of this Society in 1969 while residing in Connecticut. His first position was that of secretary, but over the years he held every other officer’s position in the Society. Later, after retiring to Las Vegas, Bill contributed his time and talent by edit- ing and publishing this newsletter for about ten years until he turned the job over to the current editor in 1990. Bill’s collecting specialty was the postal history of the Second Inflation. He exhibited na- tionally many times with great success. His life’s work included compiling The Concordance of Catalog Numbers for the Postage Stamps of Hungary that was published in 1999 as SHP Mono- graph No. 7. He will be missed. Christine Blinn Christine, whose membership number was 113, was also a life member who joined with her late husband, Earl, in 1970. Earl was a well-known stamp dealer and may of us acquired Hungarian philatelic items for our collections from him. January-March 2007 1 The News of Hungarian Philately SOCIETY FOR HUNGARIAN PHILATELY TREASURER’S REPORT FOR 2006 Beginning Balance 1-1-2006 Expenses: (Checking-Guaranty of CA) $16,620.10 Newsletter (4 issues) $3,812.17 Income: State of CT filing fee 25.00 Auction 1,757.00 Postage (SHP Board) 113.22 Book Sales 110.00 Domain Renewal - 5yrs 127.50 Donations 116.00 Webmaster 50.00 Dues 2,301.00 Cert. of Deposit: 1 yr 10,000.00 Dues (paid by Paypal) 241.01 Cert. of Deposit: 91 day 2,400.00 Interest (checking) 26.15 Total Expenses: $16,527.89 Total Income $ 4,551.16 Beginning balance plus Income $21,171.26 Ending Balance 12-31-06: Transfers: 1st Nat’l Checking $ 4,646.37 6-16-06 Guaranty Bank of CA ($ 1,000.00) 1st Nat’l CDs 12,400.00 First Nat’l Bank of Powell 1,000.00 SHP Auction Account 1,000.00 7-7-06 Guaranty Bank of CA ($16,436.06) First Nat’l Bank of Powell 16,436.06 Total Assets: $18,043.37 Wes Learned, Treasurer CHICAGOPEX 2007, 16-18 November 2007 by Csaba L. Kohalmi This year’s SHP exhibit and society meeting will be held in conjunction with the Chicagopex 2007 exhibition at the Sheraton Chicago Northwest, 3400 West Euclid Avenue, Arlington Heights, IL. Arlington Heights is in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with easy access off the Northwest Tollway and I-290. In addition to our Hungarian society, the exhibition is hosting several pan-Slavic societies: Czechoslovak, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian. Seventy-five dealers are expected to partic- ipate in the bourse. Information about entering exhibits and reserving hotel rooms can be found on the website: www.chicagopex.com. I will be the liaison for this show and will gladly provide infor- mation and printouts of applications, if needed. Our society will conduct an Executive board meeting as well as a general meeting during the show, probably on Saturday afternoon. Exhibitors are urged to send in their applications early since the exhibit fames are expected to be oversubscribed. Watch for more information in the next two issues of The News. 2006 NEW ISSUES Issue Date: 18 August 2006 Enameled Panels of the Holy Crown Face value: HUF 700.